Collegeville Community Day is back due to the sponsorship of Susquehanna Bank

Susquehanna Bank presents a check for $5,000 to the Collegeville Economic Development Corp. (CEDC) to sponsor Collegevilleís first Community Day in five years. The CEDC and Ursinus College are partnering on the event, which will be held on the Ursinus campus.
From left: Ursinus College President Bobby Fong; Ken Schaefer and Myrna Knaide, CEDC Board Members; Liz Golding, Sr. VP Retail, Bob Burns, Collegeville Branch Relationship Manager and Jerry Holub, Sr. VP Market Manager, all from Susquehanna Bank; Rachael Morrison, CEDC Executive Director, Cheryl Marple, CEDC Board Member, and Jeff Culp, Susquehanna Bank Regional President.

COLLEGEVILLE — After a five year hiatus, Collegeville Community Day is back and grander than ever.

Under what forecasters predicted to be sunny skies, the front lawn of Ursinus College will spring to life on Saturday, April 20, with fun for the whole family — including the tail-wagging types — from noon to 4 p.m.

The event’s revival is due in large part to the sponsorship provided by the Collegeville Office of Susquehanna Bank, noted Cathy Kernen, vice president of Collegeville Economic Development Corporation, which is presenting the reborn Community Day in partnership with Ursinus College.

“Susquehanna Bank has been a real friend to the Collegeville Economic Development Corporation,” Kernen said. “Not only have they given other smaller sponsorships for different events but they send their bank employees as volunteers to help run them. I’ve never seen that before. You get corporate sponsors, and you’re very grateful to them, but you never really see employees come out to help.”

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The bank’s employees will also be on hand on Saturday, Kernen added.

“The last Community Day we had was in 2008 and we’re resurrecting it because it was very successful.”

Food, of course, will figure prominently into the festivities with Rita’s water ice, Phamous Phil’s BBQ and others.

Earth Day activities, arranged by Ursinus College Environmental Action Group, and sports such as tennis and lacrosse will add their own distinctive flavors to the decidedly mixed bag of fun.

Ample parking will be available on campus (entrances at Fifth and Ninth avenues) and on side streets.

“The purpose of Community Day is to provide a nice day out for families where kids can leave the video games and all that other electronic stuff and just play old-fashioned games and people get to meet their neighbors,” Kernen said. “It’s just a real small town festival atmosphere.”